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Jez Nicholson's Diary Comments
Diary Comments added by Jez Nicholson
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| Tactile Paving in the UK & using it to estimate crossing & sidewalk widths | Hey Jerry, Using StreetComplete I generally answer that (most) bus stops in Brighton have tactile kerbs….i’ve since learned about them being Kassel Kerbs, which whilst having a textured top perhaps have this to help the bus rather than to aid the partially sighted. So, in OSM are they ‘tactile paving’ or not? They certainly got a textured top and mark the edge…but…is this enough? Rgds, Jez |
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| Using Overpass queries to support mapping bench inscriptions | The query for backrest might actually be a way to spot where StreetComplete users hang out. Also, I’d love to see StreetComplete work with sites (like OpenBenches and of course OpenPlaques) to do things like ask “does this bench have an inscription” and if so ask them to take a photo and submit it to OpenBenches. The traffic could be 2-way with StreetComplete receiving a nudge for “OpenBenches says there is a bench here, is there?”. Personally, I don’t believe that inscriptions should be on OSM. Leave that to the specialist sites, but then again I am biased.
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| Mapping allotments | Interesting thoughts. I find myself in a similar place when complaining about funding. I want assistance from the companies that benefit from our altruism, but at the same time I don’t want to spoil what we’ve got. Maybe we need to examine history and try to avoid the same mistakes? |
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| PostCards from the Edge: A Tour of OSM Data Analyses + Visualizations (SOTMUS 2019) | I see that ITOWorld animations have been mentioned…but, you’ve really got to include “OSM 2008: A Year of Edits” https://vimeo.com/2598878 for its historical relevance. Over the years many, many OSM talks have begun by showing it, to the point of it becoming a cliche. |
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| A little shop contact page ...with OpenStreetMap | the tiles are from tiles.wmflabs.org aka Wikimedia Foundation Labs. Is that a legit source? |
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| Mapping larger solar farms in England | Oh, hi, the REPD table was added by me. It’s been very useful for saying what is a wind ‘farm’ and what is ‘just a small turbine in someone’s field’, as well as being a good driver for hunting down wind and solar farms. I haven’t made a concerted effort on the solar yet but will most likely be triggering the next OSMUK Quarterly Project on it https://www.loomio.org/p/MoIw3091/-solar-power-will-be-the-q3-july-sept-2019-quarterly-project If you are coming to the OSMUK AGM on June 29 we could chat. Have you found the solar farm that is floating on the surface of a reservoir yet?! |